#17 in Literary fiction
Still Alice
- NYT bestseller · 11 weeks on the list, peaked at #7
- Next Generation Indie Book Awards
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About the book
Alice Howland is proud of the life she worked so hard to build. At fifty, she's a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a renowned expert in linguistics, with a successful husband and three grown children. When she begins to grow forgetful and disoriented, she dismisses it for as long as she can until a tragic diagnosis changes her life - and her relationship with her family and the world around her - for ever. Unable to care for herself, Alice struggles to find meaning and purpose as her concept of self gradually slips away. But Alice is a remarkable woman, and her family learn more about her and each other in their quest to hold on to the Alice they know. Her memory hanging by a frayed thread, she is living in the moment, living for each day. But she is still Alice.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 207 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 58% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Literary fiction average of 8.1. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 8 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 8.3 | 199 | 96% |
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